The Marsh-Warthen House, circa 1836, was built by Spencer Stewart Marsh, a prominent and influential merchant and statesman who donated land for John B. Gordon Hall. Marsh, with teo other buisnessmen, founded Trion Factory, a major cotton mill. In 1863 the Marshes sought refuge in Cassville and returned after the war to find blood stained floors and hoof marks from Federal Cavalry horses in the hallway. After remaining in the Marsh family for over 150 years, the house was owned by the Clements descendants of a Walker County pioneer family.